Improved halter-hitch



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*te r Aftluited fftatrf wcm? GEORGE RACE, oF'N hmm Parma No. 86,587, mamma/ry 2, 1869.

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To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE RACE, of No1-wich, in the oountyof Chenango, and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in a llalter- Hitch for horses and cattle and the following is a full, clear, and exactedescription of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, Inaking a part of this specification, in which- Figure l represents a perspective view of my improved halter-hitch detached, as made of oastmetal, ready for use. I v

Figur-e 2 shows an end sectional. view, as put up in place, and secured for bitching to, with the halter-strap over and 'aroundthe friction-bars.

Figur-c 3 shows an end view in section, of a feedingbox, or manger, with a horse hitched, showing the oper'- ation of a horse relieving himself when he gets one foot over the strap.

The object of my invention is to facilitate the hitching of horses or cattle, lso as to secure `them in the stable, or at` a post, and at the same time provide a means by which the animal may be relieved, in a great measure, should it get a foot over Myinvention consists in the construction of a single metal casting,so formed with two parallel bars, and 'arranged in relation to each other, that a strap or rope passed under both, and the end between the two l'orm a reliable hitch, by the friction of the strap or rope ou the bars; and when the position of the strap is such that it is not drawn together against the bar, it will easily slip suilciently to relieve an animal should it get hamperedby the Astrap orVV rope.

lo enable others to make and use my invention,I will vdescribe it more fully, referring to the drawings, and to the letters of -rci'erence marked thereon.

My improved halter-hitch for horses or cattle, is rnade of metal, in one single casting, and has no movable parts, such as can1s,eccentrics, or levers, to .bear upon the strap .It may be made of any desired form or size, either single, for a strap, A, or double, for a rope or strap, as shown in tig. 1.

The casting hasl a base, B B, by which it is secured to a postor manger, C.

From the base B l, extend the brackets D D, or frame which supports the parallel bars E E in their proper relation to each other, and out from the plane the strap or rope by which it where it is fastened, a surncient distance ,to admit the passing of the strap A, or rope, up under the two bars E E, where it is brought over and between them, as

seen in g. 2.' When the hitch is made for the' purpose of using either a strap or a rope, there is a cross-bar, e, between the parallel bars E E, leaving suitable spaces, G and H, for both strap and rope; and forthe purpose of clamping the rope firmly( there is a projecting arm, F, on the lower bar E', extending inward to the plane of the base, B B. The space I, between the arm F, and one of the brackets D and the bar E', forms a semicircle, or an ellipse, in which the rope is drawn and held, in the same manner 4that the strap A place on the parallel bars E E.

.If desirable, the bars may be cast with a roughened surface, f f, where the strap A is to bear on themrvto *canscnorefrc'tiom i To hitch a'horse or other animal to my improved xture, you have simply to pass the end of the strap of the halter up. from the under side of both bars, bring it forward over the top bar, and tuck the end through back of the lower bar, so that the two straps, or the strap doubled over the top bar,

firmly it is secured. But when it gets a foot over the .strap or rope, and brings the strap down to o r nearly a perpendicular position, the friction on the bars, as to allow the animal to put its feet down in a proper position, and raise its head, so as not to be uncomfortable in its position..

. Having thus fully described lmy invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- Y r 1. A halter-hitch, constructed with two parallel bars E E, the whole being made complete in one single piece of casting, operating inthe manner substantially als and for the purposes herein set forth. A

2; The arm F, as `attaohedto the bar E', in combination with one of the brackets D, to hold a cord or rope, for the purpose of bitching with either a round rope vor a fiat strap, in the manner as herein described.

- 4 GEORGE RACE. Witnesses:

J. B. WOODRUFF, J. O. Woonwon'rn.

is held in the other will both be brought l together'to bear on the lower bar, as seen in g. 2, and the harder the horse or animal pulls laterally, the more,

it is sufficiently relieved from 

